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Duties

The Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) reports directly to the Deputy Executive Director of Strategy, Policy Coordination, and Innovation (SP&I) under the Chief of Staff (COS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and as such, supports and implements the TSA Administrator's vision, strategy, and direction for the agency. The CINO leads TSA's enterprise innovation program, including managing and exercising executive and technical authority for the following functions: Leads the agency's enterprise innovation efforts to meet the goals and objectives of the TSA Strategy, Administrator's Intent, and other Administrator priorities. Recognizes promising ideas, processes, and approaches and finds ways to introduce them into the organization. Leads an innovation team that facilitates a cross-organizational process that encourages creative thinking and provides an avenue for employees and stakeholders to submit ideas. Receives, evaluates, recommends, and prioritizes innovation submissions. Provides employee and stakeholder feedback on submissions. Captures entrepreneurial ideas and innovative practices throughout TSA. Strategizes with senior leaders and their program offices to transform general ideas into workable solutions. Collaborates with executive and senior TSA leadership to prioritize, resource, and implement innovative solutions. Engages TSA leadership and program offices to discover new solutions and approaches to old problems. Analyzes existing practices to isolate areas for improvement or enhancement, including challenges associated with transitioning new solutions into execution. Collaborates with TSA senior leaders and stakeholders to develop actionable milestones and performance metrics to measure effectiveness of the agency's innovation program. Tracks the implementation of new or revised practices, assesses the progress, recommends changes to implementation plans of action and milestones, and evaluates the success of implementation. When delegated, represents the TSA Administrator in executive and senior-level interagency, international, and stakeholder engagements in order to formulate effective new ideas and innovative strategies to improve TSA's approach to doing business. Assesses research and development of other organizations to spot trends in innovation and possible opportunities. Engages external stakeholders, non-traditional industries, academia, think tanks, and others to gain insight on potential opportunities for TSA to leverage. Leads communication of TSA's innovation goals and processes to the workforce and stakeholders. Collaborates with senior leadership to develop and advance improvement in workforce innovation and the skills underpinning them.

Requirements

Qualifications

As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Professional/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) listed below. We recommend that your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including results of your actions. Please refer to the Office of Personnel Management's website, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf for additional information about ECQs. The application process used to recruit for this position is RESUME-ONLY. Therefore, evidence of each ECQ and PTQ must be CLEARLY REFLECTED in your resume. If you are a current or reinstatement eligible Career SES/TSES member or a graduate of an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) and your ECQs have been previously certified by OPM's Qualifications Review Board, you are not required to address the ECQs. However, you MUST address all PTQs in your resume. Current and reinstatement eligible SES/TSES members please include with your application a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) documenting your career appointment to the SES/TSES. SES CDP graduates, please include a copy of your OPM certificate. Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs): 1. Demonstrated experience in scouting market trends and aligning innovative practices to achieve strategic objectives and deliver the mission of a large, complex organization. 2. Demonstrated experience communicating and engaging stakeholders on innovative initiatives and concepts to achieve broad organizational and leadership support. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE. This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE. This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN. This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN. This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS. This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. FAILURE TO MEET OR FULLY ADDRESS EACH EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATION AND PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE RESUME WILL ELIMINATE A CANDIDATE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. CURRENT OR FORMER POLITICAL APPOINTEES: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address Executive Resources DO NOT MAIL Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: Executive Resources
• Email: [email protected]